Overview

• Seven men were killed and one person was badly wounded Saturday evening outside a store in Las Jícamas, Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato.
• State Secretary Jorge Jiménez Lona said the massacre stems from a dispute between two criminal groups, and security forces increased patrols in the area.
• The Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office reported the seven victims have not yet been identified as forensic work continues.
• In Culiacán, Sinaloa, a clash between Defense elements and an armed group in Villas del Real left one person dead, two detained—one injured—and weapons and tactical gear seized, with the deceased found inside a home and circumstances under review.
• Separate incidents included the fatal shooting of Huitzilac’s municipal sports director, Carlos Dávila, in a reported robbery attempt in Morelos, and the killing of a Veracruz transit officer during an operation in El Espinal, where another person was wounded.